This is why the populace needs to be armed.
Cops wouldn't abuse their powers if they knew we could fight back.

noahhoward said:

Fuck off. You think the populace needs to be armed?? The fucking populace was already smashing police cars, smashing storefronts, lighting cars on fire and you want them to have guns too? What the hell is wrong with you?

If these idiots had been armed they'd likely have been dragging the police and any other random person they could get out into the streets and shooting them.

jehan60188 said:

they wouldn't have done anything. There would be no riots, because the cops would be too afraid of the consequences of shoot an unarmed, detained, cooperating civilian.

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citizen782 said:

You're a dumbass. And I bet you're a dumbass who owns a gun. How reassuring.

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Yah, us 'gun nuts' are the unstable ones that immediately jump to conclusions and resort to extremes...

Well, there wouldn't be any rioting NOT because cops are afraid of what armed populace would do (Would you go out and shoot up a police station if this happened in your state?). But because the rioters would be afraid of what the armed populace would do to them if they started to burn businesses and cars.

I would love to see this kind of riot start in Texas, it'll end before it takes off.

Well, there wouldn't be any rioting NOT because cops are afraid of what armed populace would do (Would you go out and shoot up a police station if this happened in your state?). But because the rioters would be afraid of what the armed populace would do to them if they started to burn businesses and cars.

I would love to see this kind of riot start in Texas, it'll end before it takes off.

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That, too. It's one thing to stand in front of city hall, and (in extreme circumstances) deface it (Boston Tea Party style). But it's a whole nother thing to threaten/harm private business owners IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY!